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BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER I: Membership. 



1. No person shall be accepted as a Resident Member unless he paj' 

 his initiation fee, and the dues for the year, within three months after 

 notification of his election. The initiation fee shall be one (1) dollar 

 and the annual dues one (1) dollar, the latter payable on or before the 

 annual meeting in advance; but a single pre-payment of twenty-five (25) 

 dollars shall be accepted as commutation for life. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be invested, and the 

 interest used for the ordinary purposes of the Academy during the pay- 

 er's life, but after his death the sum shall be covered in<to the Research 

 Fund. 



3. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Resident 

 Member of the privilege of taking part in the management of the 

 Academy and of receiving the publications of the Academy. An arrear- 

 age continuing over two (2) years shall be construed as notification of 

 withdrawal. 



4. Any person eligible under Article Til of the Constitution, may be 

 elected Patron upon the payment of one hundred (100) dollars to the 

 Research Fund of the Academy. 



CHAPTER II: Orfc^iciALS. 



1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly author- 

 ized accounts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement 

 of money. 



2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Academy, shall per- 

 form the duties of Editor, Librarian, and Custodian of the property of 

 the Society. 



3. The Academy may elect an Assistant Secretary. 



4. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved 

 by the Council, in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful and 

 honest performance of his duties, and the safe-keeping of the funds of 

 the Academy. He may deposit the funds in bank at his discretion, but 

 shall not invest them without the authority of the Council. His ac- 

 counts shall be balanced on the first day of the Annual Meeting of 

 each year. 



5. The minutes of the proceedings of the Council shall be subject to 

 eall by the Academy. 



